On 11/16/2013 5:22 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Nov 2013 14:43:15 -0500, Doris Night
> > wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 15 Nov 2013 20:55:19 -0800, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I also know that I will run into trouble with the
>>> jars of olives from Costco. You eat almost all of the food but the giant
>>> container is still in there. I don't save jars either. So I have nothing
>>> smaller to put it in, unless it is a canning jar But then you don't have
>>> the label and such.
>>
>> You can always slap a piece of masking tape on the jar and write
>> "olives" on it.
>>
> I procrastinated and missed a great sale on a labeler at Office Depot
> or some place like that just a few days ago. I guess what stopped me
> was the tape cost as much as the label maker did.
>
Yep. Those labeler devices are nifty for a while. Then you have to
replace that spool. It's much cheaper to use Scotch tape and a Sharpie.

Jill